Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-25
GENER RAL NEWS NOTES
BUFFALO HOTEL BURNED.

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Thirty Persons Believed to Hare Been Killed and
aA Equal Number Injured, Several OF Thar
Mortally. m 5
The Richmond hotel and st. James hall
Buffalo, New York, were burned early on
The morning Of the 18th inst. The loss ID
stully half q million dollars. Many persons
.ere killed and injured. The building ia
situated at Main and Eagle streets,
attending through to Washington street
The fire was discovered at $3.50
o'clock in the new Richmond hotel.
The house contained large mum.
bar of guests. Ladders were raised as soon
az possible and as many as could were
taken out. A large number Of them we've
the entire Richmond. st. James hall and
other property in the block were doomed
to speedy destruction. The whole place
burned like finder. The guests found them.
selves imprisoned by walls OF fire. The
screams OF the unfortunate could be heard
Tor blocks, and at many of the windows
they could be seen in in their night clothes
calling loudly for help. At one OF the third
door windows two guests were seen by the
crowd to fall backwards into the flames.
THE VICTIMS.
As lar az can be ascertaiued, the dead
are as follows:
n: Katie Kent Minnie Kelly and Katie
Wilson Purcell, of r. G. Dun 4 Co.
Mark Osborne, day clerk at the hotel.
A Mr.. Johnso.,, }, q Toronto railway man.
Kate Wolf, servant, OF Lockport.
The dying are:
Jacob Kahn, New York; Henry B. Rum.
sey, New York; Maggie Mulrach, Buffalo,
Mary Nolan, Buffalo, and Edward Whelan
Newburgh.
Seriously burned or injured-I. H. Finch
Scranton, Pa; F.. K. Moore, Cleveland
Ohio; W. A. Haven, Helena. Mont; w
9: Dubois, Syracuse; Mrs. Mann, Jennie
Mat Shannon, Charleston; Clinton Bid
we'll, Minnie Weller, Mrs. Kate Pierce
Nelly Welch, Nettie Harvey, all OF Buffalo
Harry Davis, George Il. Michaels, both o
New York, and w. j. Mackay, Niagara
Falls.
Mr.. Haven is chiefengineer OF the Hausel
railroad syndicate OF Montana. He il
burned about the hands, feet and face and
suffering from shock. A servant girl named
Walsh is believed also to be among the
dead. The walls OF the burned building
are menace to life, and until they are
razed and the ruins cooled no search fol
the bodies can bemade. tits undoubtedly
afact thas at least thirty persons perished
ESCAPE CUT OFF.
The rapidity OF tho fire, cutting off means
Of escape, led some persons to leap for life
from the windows. Others got down the fire
escapes or on ladders raised by the fire de.
partment. One man, mad with terror: leap.
I'd from third story window and was
picked up from the stone sidewalk on
10 in OF 1nl III
Several who succeeded in making their
escape were badly injured and burned, and
some OF these will probably die.
Others escaped with slight injuries.
Robert Stafford, senior proprietor OF
the hotel, with his wife, occupied room on
the second floor and had g. marrow escape.
Terror overcame everybody. and even
those who escaped in safety were in many
cases Frustrated. There were 125 persons
in the hotel, seventy of whom were tran
sient guests, eight boarders and the re-
mainder being porters and bell boys. the
families OF the proprietors and clerks.
twenty-five OF these were rescued from the
windows by the fremen, twenty-five are
ut the hospitals and large number made
their escape by other means. The origin
OF the fire is not as yet known.
The new chief clerk of the postoffice de.
partJnent is Joseph Roy ofMerrillan, Wis.,,
who was recently appointed and took
charge OF the department. He enjoyed the
gone, collector of New York. He is 35
years old. He came from Ogdensburg, N.
Y, but moved out to Wisconsin and en-
tered the Wisconsin university and was un-
til lately postmaster at Merrllan.
In 1884 w. C. Gates cut certain timber
off the public lands in Minnesota and R. C.
Libbey purchased it. The interior depart
ment urged upon the attorney general suit
against both. Libbey offered to compro:
mise by the payment OF $166, butfor some
reason the district attorney Jailed to ac-
&c 1T the terms within the required limit OF
ten days. Now Libbey makes an offer OF
compromise OF $S2.44, and District Attor.
ney Baxter recommends it's acceptance.
The secretary OF the interior, however,
thinks that Libbey had ought to make
good his first offer OF $166, and that that
be made the basis OF compromise.
Prince Albert Victor OF England is in the
habit OF wearing collars OF such extra ordi
nary dimensions that his head can scarcely
be seen.
Mr.. Alexander, in London, has recovered
$500 from Violet Cameron on bill which,
she alleged, she endorsed through her hus
bands false representations.
The weekly report of the commissioners
of pensions shows that during the week
ended March IL there were received at his
Office 6,355 applications for pensions,
2,l54 cases were disposed ofduring the
week, leaving total OF 2O6,2 ,296 cases
pending.
It is reported that the Egyptian govern
ment is meditating the release of Zobehr
Pasna, who has been imprisoned at Glib
raltar for treason since March 80, 1885
The charge against him is said to be un-
bounded.
Minister Curry has become very pop
ular at Madrid, and he has high social
standing and influence without resorting
to the usual criuging OF foreign ministers
at the Spanish court.
Gen. Phil. Sheridan gallantly carries his
wife's hand bag when he goes shopping
with her.
The president treated himself to q might
off, on the occasion fhis tiftieth birthday,
and visited negro minstrel performance
at the National theater.
Postoffices Established: Dakota-Farm-
ngdale, Pennington county; Perry, Law.
renee county; Rutland, Sargent county.
Postmasters commissio o ned-Dak ota-La
Deli, J. Hagan. Iowa-Douglass, Jennie A.
McLeary; Hartwick, J. P. Sawtell; Hope
vile, s. Lockwood; Ireton, F. B. Fetter;
Jackson Center, Emma Dannewitz; Pierce
vile, 6. C. Mandenhare; Rock Branch, V.
Heath.
A leading railroad man, who is intimate.
~ related with the inner workings of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad. and still more
closely connected with the Western Union
Telegraph Company, is authority for the
statement that the P Psnnsylvania Railroad
Company has absorbed the Baltimore 4
Ohio, or at least has been offered the
option to take 1t. p. ~r-
Charles G. Lundberg, the ma val engineer,
has begun suit against the United States in
the court of claims for $25, 900, which he
alleges il due him on account OF certain
plans and specifications for a vessel oi
5000 tons furnished to the navy depart.